"This “La Cage” is a winner all the way ... not to be missed!" - Bill Gale, RI Public Radio

"You must experience the contagious energy, glamour and joy of Theatre By The Sea’s enchanting production of La Cage Aux Folles!" - EDGE Providence

"Definitely grand... and gaudy in the best ways possible!" - WPRO

"This is a do not miss show with stunning dancing, singing, performances and costumes. It is lavish and lovely on all counts!" - Live Theatre in MA & RI Blog

"An absolute pleasure to watch!" - Broadway World

"A dazzling, high-energy production ... this is a “La Cage…” that mesmerizes audiences from the spectacular opening number to an even more spectacular finale!" - The Cranston Herald

"The must see shows of this season!" - Theatre Mirror

AUGUST 14 - SEPTEMBER 1Before there was the popular movie The Birdcage, there was the Tony Award- winning, smash hit Broadway musical, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES. After twenty years of bliss, Georges and Albin, two men partnered for better-or-worse, get a bit of both when Georges’ son announces his impending marriage to the daughter of an ultra-conservative politician. Further complicating the situation, Albin and Georges run a drag nightclub in St. Tropez, where Albin is the star performer ‘Zaza.’

SONGS INCLUDE: I Am What I Am • La Cage aux Folles • We Are What We Are • The Best of Times • (A Little More) Mascara • With Anne on My Arm • Song on the Sand • Look Over There

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Jonathan Hammond (Albin/Zasa) in Theatre By The Sea's production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES playing through September 1. Photo by Steven Richard Photography

Peter Reardon (Georges) in Theatre By The Sea's production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES playing through September 1. Photo by Steven Richard Photography

Jonathan Hammond (Albin/Zasa) and Peter Reardon (Georges) in Theatre By The Sea's production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES playing through September 1. Photo by Steven Richard Photography

Jonathan Hammond (Albin/Zasa) in Theatre By The Sea's production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES playing through September 1. Photo by Steven Richard Photography

Jonathan Hammond (Albin/Zasa) and the cast of Theatre By The Sea's production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES playing through September 1. Photo by Steven Richard Photography

'Les Cagelles' in Theatre By The Sea's production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES playing through September 1. Photo by Steven Richard Photography

'Les Cagelles' in Theatre By The Sea's production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES playing through September 1. Photo by Steven Richard Photography

Peter Reardon (Georges) and Nikko Kimzin (Jacob) in Theatre By The Sea's production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES playing through September 1. Photo by Steven Richard Photography

Zach Trimmer (Jean-Michel) and Jenna Nicole Schoen (Anne) in Theatre By The Sea's production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES playing through September 1. Photo by Steven Richard Photography

Jonathan
Hammond* (Albin/Zaza) Broadway: Ragtime.
First National Tour: Light in the Piazza. Recent Off-Broadway: Boys in the Band (2010 Obie Award), Hello Again (2011 Drama League Nom.). Other
Credits: La Jolla Playhouse, Irish Rep, Theatre for a New Audience, Transport
Group, Kennedy Center, Shakespeare Theatre-DC, American Repertory Theatre, Baltimore
Center Stage, McCarter Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre (2013 IRNE Award for
Best Actor in A Musical for Guys and Dolls),
Theatre Under The Stars, Kansas City Starlight,Actors Theatre of Louisville, Pittsburgh
Public Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Pioneer Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Barrington
Stage, York Theatre, Penguin Rep etc. In addition to the IRNE, Jonathan is also
the recipient of Boston's Elliot Norton and Outer Critic's Circle Awards. TV:
'Law and Order'. Training: Harvard University-A.R.T Institute, University of Michigan.

Peter
Reardon* (Georges, August 14 - August 25)
is thrilled to be part of
Theater by the Sea's 80th anniversary season. Peter has appeared on Broadway in
White Christmas, Urinetown, Passion, Meet
Me in St. Louis and tours of Ragtime,
Falsettos, and Company. Recently Julie Boyd's acclaimed
production of All My Sons at
Barrington Stage and Irving Berlin's
White Christmas at The Papermill Playhouse. On film Peter appeared in "An Englishman in New York" and
television appearances include recurring roles on several soap operas, "Sex and
the City" and Spike Lee's "Miracle's Boys". Peter is best remembered in the
lead role of Pal Joey at The Goodspeed Opera House and the
Long Beach Civic Light Opera opposite Broadway legend Elaine Stritch. In
addition, Peter happily remembers the two years as Jean-Michel in the 1st
National touring company of La Cage Aux
Folles and the thrill of making his Broadway debut in the same role at The
Palace Theater in New York.

Dale Hensley * (Georges, August 27 - September 1) is thrilled to be here at the Theatre By The Sea. He has appeared on Broadway in La Cage aux Folles (2010 revival), The Drowsy Chaperone, La Cage aux Folles (2005 revival), Sunset Boulevard, Guys and Dolls, Cats, and Anything Goes. He has toured in La Cage aux Folles, Drowsy Chaperone, The Full Monty, Big, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sugar Babies, and was in the Vegas company of Hairspray. He has sung with Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall, with the NY Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion at Town Hall, and has appeared in 10 City Center Encores. On TV, Dale has been on "Law &amp; Order: SVU," "Guiding Light," and "All My Children." Regional theatre favorites: Damn Yankees (TriArts Sharon Playhouse), Hairspray (North Carolina Theatre), 42nd Street (Goodspeed), Candide (Connecticut Rep), The Immigrant (Westport), Victor/Victoria (Paper Mill Playhouse), and 1776 (Williamstown Theatre Festival).

Zach
Trimmer (Jean-Michel) was last seen at TBTS as Link in Hairspray. National
tours: Hairspray (Brad, u/s Corny), Avenue Q (u/s Princeton/Rod, Nicky/Trekkie).
Regional: Into the Woods (Rapunzel's Prince, Arizona Broadway), The Fantasticks
(Matt, West Virginia Public), Avenue Q
(Ogunquit Playhouse, Gateway Playhouse), Miss
Saigon (Virginia Music Theatre), and A
Wonderful Life (John W. Engeman Theatre), Beauty and the Beast and Fiddler...,
(Lumière, Motel, BBBay), and ...Millie
(Jimmy, South Bay MT). Many thanks
to Dave at the Daniel Hoff Agency, and of course my family and friends. Enjoy
the show!

Jenna
Nicole Schoen (Anne) is thrilled to be performing at Theatre
by the Sea this summer. Recent credits include: Cats (Tantomile),Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
(Angela),Legally Blonde (Brooke Wyndham), Jesus Christ Superstar (Ensemble). NYC Premiere of Le Cabaret Grimm (NYMF). Rising Senior
at The Boston Conservatory. Thank you to everyone at TBTS for this incredible
opportunity. Love to my family and friends for their endless support.

Tom
Gleadow* (Edouard Dindon) has been performing for over twenty-five years. Some of his favorite productions have
been A Christmas Carol at Trinity Rep,
Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Awake and
Sing, A Doll's House at The Gamm
Theatre, As You Like It at Commonwealth
Shakespeare Company, The Producers at
the New Bedford Festival Theatre and Hairspray
at Theatre by the Sea. He is
an adjunct faculty at Salve Regina University where he has directed productions
of Grey Gardens, Cabaret, A Little Night
Music, Little Shop of Horrors, and Tartuffe
at the University of Rhode Island.
Love to Charlotte and Max!

Leah
Jennings (Mme. Dindon) is making her TBTS debut! New York: Parade (Mrs. Phagan) with Gallery
Players and The Amanda McBroom Project
at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
National tours: The Unsinkable
Molly Brown (Molly), and Seven
Brides for Seven Brothers (Milly). Regional: Carousel (Carrie), Guys and
Dolls (Adelaide), Little Women
(Meg), A Little Night Music with
WPPAC, and most recently The Sound of
Music at North Shore Music Theatre.
Many thanks to Bill Hanney, Arianna Knapp, and the entire TBTS
creative team for this wonderful opportunity! A special thank you to my
incredible mentor Eric Michael Gillett, and love to my husband, Stephen.
www.leahjennings.com

Casey
Seymour Kim* (Jacqueline) Casey Seymour Kim is a resident
artist at the Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket, as well as a member of Improv Jones,
and Providence Improv, which organizes the annual Providence Improv Festival. Some of her favorite productions include
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Crime
and Punishment, 4.48 Psychosis, Festen at the Gamm Theatre, as well as Self Defense, Exchange at the Cafe Mimosa,
French Revolution, Part Deux at Perishable Theatre. She currently teaches theater arts courses
at School One and Rhode Island College, both in Providence.

Nikko
Kimzin* (Jacob) is taped up, shaved down, and thrilled to be a part of this
production of La Cage... He recently played Chino in the International Tour of West Side Story. Other Theaters: My Fairytale (U.S. Premiere), A Funny Thing..., Into The Woods, Hairspray,
[Title of Show],West Side Story, Spelling Bee, Violet, Best Little Whorehouse
in Texas, Rum & Coke, Love's Labour's Lost, The Producers, Hello, Dolly!,
Blood Brothers, High School Musical, Music Man. BFA Musical Theater University
of Arizona.

Kevin
Patrick Martin (Francis, u/s Cagelles, u/s Albin) is absolutely
thrilled to return to TBTS after appearing in George M!, Evita and The Producers
in 2008! NYC: A Chorus Line (CSTC).
Regional: A Christmas Carol '10-'12 (NSMT),
Legally Blonde (OSTC), Thoroughly Modern Millie, 42nd Street
(Stoneham Theatre), Cabaret (freeFall
Theatre), HAIR, Into the Woods (Sondheim
Center), The Producers, 42nd
Street (NBFT), Forever Plaid, Dames
at Sea, Lucky Stiff (Festival 56). Kevin was also a finalist for the first
season of CBS' "The American Baking Competition!"Cumberland native and graduate of Rhode Island College.Thank you to the entire TBTS team and
love to Mom and Dad! www.kevinpatrickmartin.com

Todd
Berkich (Renaud, u/s Georges) is thrilled to be back at Theatre By The Sea
after being in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Mr. Bratt) last
summer. Todd was most recently seen in Kiss Me, Kate (Gangster #1) at Gretna Theatre
and on tour with All Hands On Deck: A New 1940s Musical Revue (John Handley).
Todd has a MFA in Theatre from West Virginia University and a BFA in Music Theatre
from the Hartt School. "Thanks to Elizabeth and family for all their love
and support." www.toddberkich.com.

Milly
Boyce (Bitelle) is thrilled to be playing a Cagelle for the second time. Originally from Alaska, she has gotten
to tour the world with the BYU Ballroom Dance Company, and has won several national
amateur ballroom titles in Dancesport competitions. She recently returned from a year in Guam dancing in the show
Dream. Other favorite roles include:
Louise in Gypsy, Bambi in Curtains, and Mitzi in Crazy for You.

Michelle
Geosits (Babette), a rising junior at The Boston Conservatory, is thrilled
to be spending her summer as an acting intern at Theatre By the Sea! Michelle
was most recently seen in CLUBLAND: The
Monster Pop Party at the American Repertory Theatre's Club Oberon as the role
of Gitsie. Michelle also recently performed as Joanne in The Boston Conservatory's
production in Elegies for Angels, Punks
and Raging Queens. Love and thanks to her family and friends!

Becca
Gottlieb (Angelique) is very excited to be a part of this show! Some of her recent credits include The Wedding Singer National Tour (Julia
u/s), Damn Yankees! National Tour (Lola
u/s), The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet),
A Chorus Line (Judy) Damn Yankees! (Lola), Chicago, Rent, Spamalot and My Fair Lady at Maine State Music Theatre
and Spamalot at The Fulton Opera House. Becca would like to thank the entire company
and her family for their love and support, www.BeccaGottlieb.com.

Brett
Hahalyak (Mercedes) is thrilled to be making
his TBTS debut! Brett received his BFA in Modern Dance Performance from The
University of the Arts, and has also trained at Jacob's Pillow and Bates Dance
Festival. Throughout college he performed in the Disney/ABC Thanksgiving Day
Parade and various stage shows at Hershey Park. Recently, he spent half a year dancing
at Tokyo Disneyland. He currently dances for Michael Susten and Company in New
York City. Many thanks to the creative team, family and friends!

Jacob
Paulson (Odette) is a native of Adrian,
Michigan making his debut at Theatre By The Sea. After graduating from Point
Park University, Jacob has been seen performing around the world with Holland
America cruise line and in Celebrate the
Season at Cinderella's Castle at Disneyworld. He is utterly excited to
finally strap on some heels and kick to Jesus in this production of La Cage aux Folles. Many thanks to
Melanie, Scott, Mom, Dad, Ronnie, and his friends for their support.

Arnie
Rodriguez (Chantal) is honored to be with Theatre By The Sea this summer. He
is currently pursuing a BFA in musical theatre at The Boston Conservatory. Favorite
credits include: CLUBLAND: The Monster Pop
Party at A.R.T's Club Oberon and West
Side Story. Many thanks to his beautiful support team: Mom, Dad, Veronica,
Blake, Yael, Andrew, and a special thanks to Kevin P. Hill for this amazing opportunity!

Demetrius K. Shields (Hanna) was born in Detroit, Michigan and
became passionate about dance at the age of 7. Demetrius has trained at The Joffery School, ABT, and The Ailey
School on full scholarship. A graduate of the University of the Arts, Demetrius
has recently traveled the world while working with Princess Cruises. Demetrius
is excited to make his musical theatre debut and to be part of this talented cast
and is thankful for the opportunity. www.DemetriusShields.com

Joshua Charles Skurnik (Etienne) is beyond excited to be in this
production of La Cage Aux Folles, after
just appearing in Annie, here at Theatre
By The Sea. Josh is a rising senior at The Boston Conservatory. Some Conservatory
credits include: Grey Gardens, The Apple
Tree, Zombie Prom, and Elegies.
Other theaters include: Reagle Music Theatre, and Paper Mill Playhouse. Josh can
also be seen in North Shore Music Theatre's upcoming production of La Cage aux Folles. He would like to thank
Kevin and Arianna for this incredible opportunity. Love to my family, friends,
cast/crew and the creative team for all of their endless support.

Rayna
Starr (Collette) is thrilled to be a part of Theatre by the Sea's 2013 Summer season, most recently seen
as Star to Be in Annie. Originally from
California, she now attends the Boston Conservatory as a Musical Theater student.
Regional credits: A Chorus Line, Cats, Annie.
Thank you to my family and friends for always supporting me! www.raynastarr.com

Britte
Steele (Mme. Renaud, u/s Jacqueline & u/s Mme. Dindon) is grateful to
be making her TBTS debut in such a beautiful show! Past credits include The Music Man (Nat'l Tour: Eulalie Shinn,
Ogunquit Playhouse: Mrs. Squires), Xanadu
(Lake Dillon Theatre, Melpomone), Tony
n' Tina's Wedding (Swing, Off-Broadway), Christmas Carol and Cinderella
at The Players Theatre Off-Broadway. Thanks to everyone working behind the
scenes and on the boards- this one is for you, Dad!

Alex
Swift (Monique) is a rising Junior at the Boston Conservatory and is thrilled
to be working at Theatre By The Sea this summer! Recent credits include, Thoroughly Modern Millie (TBC), The
Apple Tree (TBC), Emma: A New Musical (Waterwell Productions)
He has also been seen in the Off-Broadway productions of, The Reading of The Wise Man,and, A Very Merry....Pageant (New York Theatre
Workshop). Thanks to his Grandmother for all of her love and support!